The 24th annual Tour of Remodeled Homes will take place from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The event is presented by Bonnycastle Appliance and TV and Insight, sponsored by PC Building Materials and produced by the Home Builders Association of Louisville. There will be 22 homes, remodeled by remodeling members of the HBAL featured on the tour.

Tickets are $10 per person, $2 for children ages 6 to 12. Start at any home. Tickets are available at all locations. For information visit www.hbal.com.

A fire destroyed Reardon's Fruit Market early Wednesday morning. Firefighters saved much of the flowers and produce, but the building will have to be razed.

The family-owned business has been a South Oldham institution for 30 years, since owner Kevin Reardon and his late father started it as something to make a little extra money in the summer. It's been in its current location for about eight years.

Reardon's wife, Tracy, said they are just waiting to get started again, probably with a temporary structure at first.

A tree limb and a train conspired to knock out power to about 1,400 Oldham County homes during the weekend.

About 5 p.m. Saturday a branch fell on power lines near the train track in Buckner, blowing a transformer, Oldham County Dispatch Second Shift Supervisor Tom McCain said. A few minutes later a train came along and dragged the power lines, ripping them down, taking out power to about 1,400 homes.

McCain said LG&E returned power to all but 135 homes in about two hours. The others came back online that night, he said.

Members of the La Grange City Council heard the first reading of the proposed ad valorem tax rate at their meeting Monday.

The proposed tax rate is 22 cents per $100 of real property and 26 cents per $100 of personal property. According to the ordinance, if passed, any resident who pays the tax bill before Oct. 20 would receive a 2-percent discount and any bill paid after Nov. 20 will be subject to a 10-percent penalty.

The second reading of the ordinance will take place at the council’s next meeting, Sept. 7.